[Federal Register: January 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 17)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Request For Application 05032]
Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Program
Development Through Technical Assistance Collaboration With the
National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD);
Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award
A. Purpose
The purpose of the program is to support capacity-building
assistance for HIV/AIDS program development through technical
assistance (TA) provided to GAP Program countries. The term ``capacity
building assistance'' means the provision of information, technical
assistance, training, and technology transfer for individuals and
organizations to improve the delivery and effectiveness of HIV
prevention, care and treatment services and interventions. This does
not include the delivery of direct HIV prevention, care or treatment
services and interventions.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program
is 93.067.
B. Eligible Applicant
Assistance will be provided only to the National Alliance of State
and
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Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) for this project. No other
applications are solicited or will be accepted. This announcement and
application will be sent to NASTAD.
NASTAD is the appropriate and only qualified agency to provide the
services specified under this cooperative agreement because:
1. NASTAD is the only officially established organization that
represents the State and Territorial AIDS Directors in all 50 U.S.
States and all U.S. Territories. As such, it represent the officials
from throughout the U.S. who have responsibility for designing,
implementing, and evaluating HIV/AIDS prevention programs protecting
the health of U.S. citizens against the threat of HIV and acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This places NASTAD in a unique
position to act as a liaison between state and territorial HIV/AIDS
prevention programs and GAP country public health officials. In
addition, the same set of knowledge, skills, and abilities NASTAD has
developed in working with State and Territorial AIDS Directors are of
critical importance in improving the technical capacity of national
AIDS control programs in African, Caribbean, Central and South American
countries and India.
2. Health threats such as HIV are not confined by geographic
boundaries. NASTAD was formed to promote coordination of HIV/AIDS
prevention efforts among the States and territories. The organization
is uniquely positioned to collaborate not only with national
organizations, including Federal agencies, but also with national AIDS
control program officials in GAP countries, on policy and program
issues from a U.S. government model, multi-state perspective. In this
collaboration NASTAD is positioned to monitor, assess, and improve HIV/
AIDS prevention program design, implementation, and evaluation in GAP
countries.
3. In the U.S., NASTAD coordinates the efforts of HIV/AIDS
Prevention Program Directors, who work together with CDC to monitor the
implementation of prevention programs across States and territories,
assess the impact of prevention programs, share successes and
challenges, monitor issues and obstacles to implementation of effective
interventions, provide technical assistance and consult with CDC, one
another, and other governmental and non-governmental prevention
partners on these issues. Therefore NASTAD possesses unique knowledge
and insight that can be applied to GAP country programs through the
provision of technical assistance aimed at strengthening the ability of
national AIDS control programs to develop HIV/AIDS programs based on
the best practices of U.S. state and territory programs.
4. It is critical that NASTAD conducts these services since it
represents the HIV/AIDS Program Directors who oversee and deliver HIV
prevention, care and treatment policies, programs, and activities.
Since NASTAD represents the HIV/AIDS Program Directors who have
responsibility for HIV prevention, care and treatment within their
jurisdictions, it is the only organization that can work
collaboratively with individual AIDS Directors to provide multi-
jurisdiction perspectives and translate knowledge, skills, and
abilities to national AIDS control program officials in GAP countries.
5. NASTAD has already established mechanisms for communicating HIV/
AIDS prevention, care and treatment information to the States and the
political subdivisions of the States that carry out the National HIV/
AIDS programs. They can use these mechanisms to exchange information
between the States and public health officials in GAP countries to
identify and develop effective HIV/AIDS information networks and
dissemination systems. Because of their experience and established
communications mechanisms, NASTAD is in a unique position to assist
national AIDS control program officials with the dissemination of HIV/
AIDS prevention, care and treatment information.
C. Funding
Approximately $2,000,000 is available in FY 2005 to fund this
award. It is expected that the award will begin on or before April 1,
2005, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project
period of up to three years. Funding estimates may change.
D. Where To Obtain Additional Information
For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact:
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office,
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For technical questions about this program, contact: Ethleen Lloyd,
Project Officer, CDC/NCHSTP/GAP, 1600 Clifton Road, NE (MS-E04),
Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-6318, E-mail: esl1@cdc.gov.
Dated: January 21, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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